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May 6, 2010
In a controversial change to a longstanding policy concerning the practice of female circumcision in some African and […]
May 4, 2010
In the New York Times, the mayor of Meaux (France), Jean-Francois Cope argues that banning the burqa affirms […]
May 3, 2010
Urging European countries to defend freedom of expression vigorously, Thorbjorn Jagland, Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, writes: […]
May 3, 2010
Female legislators in Uganda have warned people who still practice female genital mutilation to stop or risk being […]
May 3, 2010
German MEP Silvana Koch-Mehrin has called for a Europe-wide ban on the wearing of the burqa: “”The burqa […]
May 2, 2010
Experts say polygamy in France can also be linked to fraud, where husbands hijack a generous social welfare […]
May 2, 2010
The number of young Saudi women running away from their homes is on the rise, a local aid […]
May 2, 2010
Dwight Garner reviews Paul Berman’s book “The Flight of the Intellectual” in the New York Times and writes: […]
April 30, 2010
German police saved a 15-year-old Hamburg girl from a forced marriage this week, freeing her from the family […]
April 30, 2010
Analyst Steve Emerson argues that the Council on American Islamic Relations’ dismissed the ‘South Park’ threat in an […]
April 29, 2010
Without fanfare, the United Nations this week elected Iran to its Commission on the Status of Women, handing […]
April 29, 2010
Nigeria’s parliament on Thursday launched an investigation into whether a 49-year-old senator illegally married an underage girl, a […]
April 29, 2010
Time Magazine’s 2010 100 most influential people includes Reem al Numery, who at the age of 12 was […]
April 29, 2010
In the Time 100, Ayaan Hirsi Ali profiles Malalai Joya, who in spite of numerous obstacles was able […]
April 29, 2010
A federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit against a Wayne County judge accused of telling a woman to […]